NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on “Head of the Class,” has died. He
I discovered the series--about a Cincinnati radio station populated with a variety of characters, most of whom wouldn't ever be able to hold down a real radio job--when I was a teenager. It was in syndication. I fell in love and, to this day, am still impressed the level of writing...
Hesseman, who had himself been a radio DJ in the '60s, earned two Emmy nominations for playing Johnny Fever on CBS’ "WKRP in Cincinnati," which ran for four seasons from 1978-1982. The role made Hesseman a counterculture icon at a time when few hippie characters made it onto...
With plans to shift the sitcom’s focus from the difficulties of running a perennially downtrodden, bottom-dwelling radio station to the equal or greater challenges of running a successful and profitable one, Wilson and company were geared up to take WKRP (andWKRP in Cincinnati) into the '80s ...
In the first episode, Dr. Johnny Fever announces the station’s changeover from elevator music to rock ’n roll with a record scratch and a proclamation. "All right Cincinnati, it’s time for this town to get down! You got Johnny, Dr. Johnny Fever, and I am burning up in here. We...
Hesseman started out as a member of the San Francisco improv group The Committee, and at the time he moonlighted on Saturdays as the disc jockey for the San Francisco rock-and-roll station KMPX. Later on WKRP In Cincinnati, Hesseman often ad-libbed his on-air banter. ...
In the first episode, Dr. Johnny Fever announces the station’s changeover from elevator music to rock ’n roll with a record scratch and a proclamation. "All right Cincinnati, it’s time for this town to get down! You got Johnny, Dr. Johnny Fever, and I am burning up in here. ...
In the first episode, Dr. Johnny Fever announces the station’s changeover from elevator music to rock ’n roll with a record scratch and a proclamation. "All right Cincinnati, it’s time for this town to get down! You got Johnny, Dr. Johnny Fever, and I am burning up in here. We...